as a Last Name
- 7,269
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Pohl
Meaning & Origins
German: 1. topographic name from Middle Low German pōl ‘(muddy) pool’ (Low German Pohl). 2. (Pöhl): habitational name for someone from the island of Poel, near Wismar. 3. Variant of Paul. 4. Eastern German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): ethnic name for a Polish speaker or someone with some other connection with Poland, from German Pole, Dutch Pool ‘Pole’.
| 4,869th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,269
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Mexico
- has the most people named Pohl per capita
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